Keeping warm and staying well: Findings from the qualitative arm of the Warm Homes Project

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 259-267

  Harrington, Barbara E ^a   Heyman, Bob ^b   Merleau Ponty, Nick ^c   Stockton, H ^c   Ritchie, Neil ^c   Heyman, Anna ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c National Energy Action   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Energy efficiency; Fuel poverty; Health; Housing; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

FUEL OIL;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEATING; HOUSING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; DECISION MAKING; EFFICIENCY; FEMALE; FUEL OILS; HEATING; HOUSING; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 17744395329     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2005.00558.x     Document Type: Article

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